EP 032: David McKeegan – Designing The Life Of Your Dreams As An Expat Entrepreneur




The Expat Money Show show

Summary: Designing The Life Of Your Dreams As An Expat Entrepreneur.<br> David McKeegan and Mikkel Thorup talk in detail about what it takes to be an expat entrepreneur.  How a young couples life looks like starting in NY City as students, moving to Barcelona Spain for an MBA program, starting their careers in Finance in London, England and realizing that they just didn’t want to raise a family with both parents working 12 hour days and how could they achieve their dream life.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> Here starts the life of an expat entrepreneur<br> David McKeegan and Mikkel Thorup go back and look at how one family created their dream life abroad, and what would it took to make it a reality. <br> <br>  <br> <br> David and his wife Carrie now live in Bali, Indonesia with their 3 boys and are owners of a Greenback Expat Tax Service that does taxes for expat Americans with clientele coming from 212 countries.  Listen in to hear how David and Carrie decided on Taxes for Americans but more importantly how life can be living outside of your country of birth.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> WHY AMERICAN EXPAT TAXES?<br> Mikkel Thorup goes deep with David McKeegan on how and why they decided on American expat taxes.  Of all the businesses they could do, why American expat taxes? Listen carefully because David and Mikkel talk about how a business is born and how you can create your business if you go about it methodically yet creatively.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> LIVING OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY OF BIRTH   <br> We all know what an expat is, right?  For those of you that are not sure, here is Wikipedia's definition: An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residency_(domicile)">residing</a> in a country other than their native country.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> How To Grow Your Business For The Life You Really Want<br> David McKeegan is a brilliant marketer.  You have to be to build a company that is successful and allows you and your family to move and live in other countries around the world. David talks about best marketing practices of outsourcing and what not to outsource.  And so much more!<br> <br>  <br> <br> What’s hot for Expat communities<br> What pushing through looks like<br> Being resilient<br> Overcoming adversity<br> Travel vision for the future and what that looks like<br> How to build a really really successful business<br> <br>  <br> In a Nutshell<br> I had such an amazing time chatting with David McKeegan.  I loved his stories of how he interacts with freelancers from around the globe and how he’s creating his tribe and really, why and how his business model works and how it can work for you too.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> Books:<br> <br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2KsVMNi">The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom without the 9-to-5</a>  By Taylor Pearson<br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2IxvY0N">The Millionaire Fast Lane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Life Time </a> By MJ DeMarco<br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2N5hGbp">4 Hour Work Week</a>  By Tim Ferris<br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2N43Rdd">Topgrading</a> By Bradford D. Smart, PhD<br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2tAqvSl">Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000! </a>  By Michael E Gerber<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br> DAVID’S MOTTO:  Live an Adventurous Life<br> <br> How can we reach David McKeegan:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.GreenBackTaxServices.com">https://www.GreenBackTaxServices.com</a><br> <br>  <br> FINAL THOUGHTS<br> On <a href="https://expatmoneyshow.com/">The Expat Money Show</a>,